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Re: using title attribute as form field label

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Nov 8, 2011 2:18PM

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 07:56, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
>
> - There's nothing in HTML or accessibility specifications that tell AT
> to use the title attribute as a label replacement. They just happen to
> do this on their own. This behavior is really no different than IE
> showing alt text in tooltips which everyone railed against as being a
> violation of the spec. It makes me uncomfortable relying on the
> non-standard quirks of screen readers for accessibility. As has been
> noted, different screen readers treat the presentation of title
> differently - and understandably so because a standard behavior is not
> documented anywhere because the attribute is not even intended to work
> this way.
>
>
> Jared,
This used to be the case, but the ARIA accessible name calculation does now
define title as being a valid fallback mechanism if nothing else has been
provided (see 2D of the Text Alternative
Calculation<http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#namecalculation>;).

Regards,
James